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£100,000 fine for unlicensed removal of asbestos materials from residential property (8 August 2016)
Date: 08/08/2016
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has prosecuted a Hertfordshire-based home improvement company, after the unsafe removal of asbestos material from a domestic property.
Ace of Hearts Home Improvement Limited (AOH) removed asbestos-containing materials (ACM) from a domestic property in St Albans.
HSE found that the Asbestos Insulation Board (AIB) soffits surrounding the underside of the guttering around the front, gable end and back of the property had been dismantled in an unsafe manner, creating the serious risk of respiratory exposure of asbestos fibres to the two workers and the residents of the property – a family of four, including two children.
An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive into the incident – which occurred on 25 Sept 2015 – found that the company was not licensed to remove asbestos.
Ace of Hearts Home Improvements Limited of Alldicks Road, Hemel Hempstead in Hertfordshire pleaded guilty to breaching Regulation 8(1) and Regulation 16 of the Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 2012 – as well as Section 33 (1) (g) of The Health & Safety at Work etc Act 1974 – in that it failed to comply with an Improvement Notice.
The company was fined £100,000 and ordered to pay costs of £2,118.50.
Duncan Lewis Personal Injury Solicitors – No win no fee Asbestosis & Mesothelioma Claims
Duncan Lewis personal injury solicitors can advise those who have been diagnosed with asbestosis or mesothelioma contracted as a result of contact with asbestos materials at work on how to make a no win no fee claim for compensation.
Asbestosis and mesothelioma claims have to be made within three years of diagnosis of disease.
Duncan Lewis can also advise on cases involving late-stage diagnosis of asbestosis or mesothelioma, including advising bereaved families on claiming compensation if a loved one has been diagnosed with asbestos disease post-mortem.
For expert legal advice on no win no fee Asbestosis and Mesothelioma Claims, call Duncan Lewis personal injury solicitors on 0333 772 0409.